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John McLiam

Highest Rated: 94% My Fair Lady (1964)

Lowest Rated: 18% The Food of the Gods (1976)

Birthday: Jan 24, 1918

Birthplace: Hayter, Alberta, Canada

John McLiam leveraged his everyman appearance and style to build a career playing a vast range of characters in film and TV. He got his start in 1951, appearing in Joseph Papp's earliest theater productions. That same year, he found himself appearing in Maxwell Anderson's Broadway production of "Barefoot in Athens." By the 1950s, he was working as a writer on the long-running television show "Robert Montgomery Presents," and he had his first television role on an episode of that program. By the time he made his last television appearance in 1991 on the critically acclaimed drama "My Life and Times," he had played characters in hundreds of shows, including "The Twilight Zone," "Dynasty," and "Star Trek: The Next Generation." He also appeared in over 20 movies, such as Woody Allen's sci-fi comedy "Sleeper," the 1967 prison flick "Cool Hand Luke," and the adaptation of Truman Capote's true-crime book, "In Cold Blood," where he was cast as real-life murder victim Herbert Clutter.

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Highest rated movies

94% 90% My Fair Lady Watchlist
89% 64% Monte Walsh
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86% 86% First Blood Watchlist
83% 49% The Reivers
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78% 60% The Missouri Breaks
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76% 88% In Cold Blood
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73% 54% Bite the Bullet
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30% 33% Lucky Lady
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18% 27% The Food of the Gods
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69% The Return of the Incredible Hulk
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet King Richard II Unknown (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 22% Split Decisions Pop McGuinn (Character) $423.3K 1988
No Score Yet 40% Dempsey Hyrum Dempsey (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ambush Murders Judge Collier (Character) - 1982
86% 86% First Blood Orval (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Two Marriages Woody Daley (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 69% The Return of the Incredible Hulk Michael (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Delta County, U.S.A. Cap McCain (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Call of the Wild Prospector (Character) - 1976
78% 60% The Missouri Breaks David Braxton (Character) - 1976
18% 27% The Food of the Gods Mr. Skinner (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Invisible Man Blind Man (Character) - 1975
30% 33% Lucky Lady Rass Huggins (Character) - 1975
73% 54% Bite the Bullet Gebhardt (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gibbsville: The Turning Point of Jim Malloy Mr. Kelly (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 77% The Dove Lyle Graham (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 41% Showdown F.J. Wilson (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Runaway! Conductor (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hitched Pete Hunter (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chant of Silence Unknown (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet 63% The Culpepper Cattle Company Thorton Pierce (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet If Tomorrow Comes Father Miller (Character) - 1971
89% 64% Monte Walsh Fightin' Joe Hooker (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Riverrun Jeffries (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 30% Halls of Anger Boyd Wilkerson (Character) - 1969
83% 49% The Reivers Van Tosch (Character) - 1969
76% 88% In Cold Blood Herbert Clutter (Character) - 1967
94% 90% My Fair Lady Harry (uncredited) (Character) $447.6K 1964

TV

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92% 96% The Twilight Zone Cop (Character) 1961 1963 2013
92% 90% Star Trek: The Next Generation Fento (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Harry Stevens (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet 64% Highway to Heaven Ted Simpson (Guest Star) 1985-1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hunter Dr. Harry Montclair (Guest Star) 1985
67% 76% V Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet 95% Magnum, P.I. Johnnie Wells (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet 87% M*A*S*H Col. Woody Cooke (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little House on the Prairie Caleb Fisher (Guest Star) 1977-1978 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fall Guy Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nero Wolfe Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Waltons Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
66% No Score Yet Archie Bunker's Place Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Starsky and Hutch Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barnaby Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1974 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cannon Sean Loomis (Guest Star) 1971 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Frank Blaney (Guest Star) 1968 1971-1972 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry O Unknown (Guest Star) 1974
55% 89% Planet of the Apes Unknown (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco Dr. Joseph Hyland (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet McMillan and Wife Ramsey (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mod Squad Sam (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Three Sons Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Virginian Parker (Character) 1970-1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Interns Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hawaii Five-0 Ralph Hastings (Guest Star) 1969
71% 88% The Good Guys Frank (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Delphos (Guest Star) 1961-1962 1964 1966 1968
No Score Yet 88% The Andy Griffith Show Mr. MacDonald (Guest Star) 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tarzan Harrington (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet 84% Get Smart Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Alec Neal (Guest Star) 1964 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet 12 O'Clock High Unknown (Guest Star) 1964 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daktari Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ben Casey Andrew Carter (Guest Star) 1962 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Valley Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
92% 92% The Outer Limits Unknown (Character) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lloyd Bridges Show Writer 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bus Stop Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Have Gun -- Will Travel Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marshal Dillon Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Deputy Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Councilman William Daniels (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Wells Fargo Henry Moore (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Unknown (Guest Star) 1960